So many factors send ripples through the markets, affecting jobs, housing, stocks, commodities, banking and prices. There are opportunities for some, misery for many. Although this year may prove to be better than recent years, it is important to keep your eyes peeled on areas of your business that may need extra attention. 

Sometimes you just need a little evidence to prove a theory. One theory that we hear a lot is that marketing for cabinet dealers is broken. We believe that it's not the marketing, it's the method.

There’s a lot of chatter hitting the wire these days about innovation - and how as human beings we aren’t really geared towards taking the risks we need to take because we have an inherent fear of losing, which overrides our desires for gain.

In March, a somewhat heated debate was sparked between kitchen and bath industry experts alike.  The topic of discussion – How relevant is the NKBA?  The responses instantly started pouring in and people quickly set up camp on one side or the other, revealing their reasons for loving or not caring for the NKBA.  Responses came through in the ways of blog comments, LinkedIn forums, social media and every day discussions. 

Possibly due to the sensitive nature of the topic, some LinkedIn groups removed the NKBA relevancy topic from their forums.   But, they weren’t quick enough.  We had already gathered an impressive amount of interesting responses. 

20-20 Technologies faces decreasing net earnings and a market climate where Venture Capitalists (VC's) could be looking for opportunities to take them private.

In part 1, we summarized the first section of Michael Werner’s State of the Industry Address from KBIS 2012, including data points and some of what we can look forward to.  Part 2 digs deeper into the intended message. 

Episode 19

Brent, Chris and Nick discuss part three of making the transition from a designer to a salesperson.  Find out what happens when designers resist change.

Many think KBIS is dying a slow, ugly death. Just about everybody has mentioned it at one point.  

KBIS may have seemed smaller this year, but the message emanating from the 2012 State of the Industry Address by Globe Union’s president and CEO, Michael Werner, was anything but - with a heavy stress on how technology is affecting the world and the way people buy and sell products and services.

Last weekend I had the pleasure of ushering in my fortieth birthday with two shots of cortisone in my lower back.  I guess it was either that or a trip to the islands for some free diving.  When you step back and look at it…I mean who can resist long epidural-like needles into your spine?